Great Lakes Loons announce opening day roster

Published 7:00 am, Tuesday, April 5, 2011

The Great Lakes Loons baseball team has announced its roster for Thursday's opening day game at Dow Diamond against the Lake County Captains.

The Loons feature 16 players from last year's Ogden Raptors team that won the Pioneer League's South Division, and 11 players selected by the Dodgers at the 2010 draft, including first-round selection Zach Lee and third-round pick Leon Landry.

Lee, a hard-throwing right-hander, is ranked by Baseball America as the Dodgers' No. 2 prospect.

The Loons have six players returning to the team from past seasons -- pitchers Ryan Christenson (2010), Robert Boothe (2009) and Tim Sexton (2007), and infielders Bryant Hernandez (2010), Chris Jacobs (2010) and Christian Lara (2010).

John Shoemaker is the Loons' new manager, and is joined by new hitting coach Lenny Harris and new pitching coach Kremlin Martinez.